01-17-2021 9 AM Lutheran Prayer Service at St. Mark's for The 2nd Sunday after Epiphany

This was the first of monthly Lutheran Morning Prayer Services at St. Mark’s, with the Rev. Bruce Steinway, a retired Lutheran priest and St. Mark’s parishioner officiating.

The audio was produced from the chapel’s recording system of the 9 AM service. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet.

Music was provided by UCONN student and St. Mark’s scholar Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (organ).

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
●  First Hymn: Like the Murmur of the Dove's Song

• 2 Versions of this and the rest of the songs. The mp3 version is of lower quality but the better choice for slower Internet connections.
  
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• Lesson 1: I Corinthians 6:11b-20 (Sue Gagnon)
• Lesson 2: John 1:43-51 (Sue Gagnon)
• Homily (Rev. Bruce Steinway)
• Post-Homily Hymn: Take Up Your Cross, the Savior Said
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• Hymn after The Lord’s Prayer: Blessed Be the God of Israel
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• Final Hymn: He Comes to Us as One Unknown  
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• Postlude:  To Heathen Folk He Hath Brought Light
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• Print Files
  • Service Booklet
  • Hymn Sheet

Video - Sunday Morning Prayer Service (Lutheran)

This was the first of monthly Lutheran Morning Prayer Services at St. Mark’s, with the Rev. Bruce Steinway, a retired Lutheran priest and St. Mark’s parishioner officiating. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the chapel continues to have no congregation present.

Music Director Charles Houmard played organ. UConn student Angela Garcia-Clark sang.

• The video of the entire service
  
• Permanent link to the Service Booklet
  
• Permanent link to the hymn insert
  

Jan. 10, 2021, Epiphany Sunday
Audio of Announcements, readings, homily and music. Links to printer-ready copies of the service booklet and hymns sheet.

This Sunday's audio was produced from the chapel’s recording system of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service in St. Mark's Chapel on the UCONN Storrs Campus. The audio  extracted from the iPhone recording of the Facebook Live video broadcast has been of such poor quality that I was spending way too much time trying to edit it enough to clarify the spoken word. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymns sheet.

Music was provided by Will Mandelbaum (soloist) and Charles Houmard
piano, organ).

Recorded tracks:
●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Opening Hymn: Song of Thankfulness and Praise

• MP3 version for slower Internet connections
• WAV high-quality version for faster Internet connections

●  Lesson 1: Isaiah 60:1-6 (Bruce Steinway)
●  Lesson 2: Matthew 2:1-12 (Bruce Steinway)
●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Post-Homily Hymn: Lo How a Rose is E’er Blooming

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• WAV version

●  Hymn before Prayer of St. Chrysostom: We Three Kings of Orient Are

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• WAV version

●  Final Hymn: How Bright Appears the Morning Star  

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• WAV version

PDF Printer-Ready Files
    ▪    Service Booklet
    ▪    Music Insert

Link to the Weekly Announcements for 01-08-2021.

The audio for the 2nd Sunday After Christmas 9 AM Prayer Service at St. Mark's Chapel,
The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 01-03-2021 in St. Mark's Chapel. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (piano, organ).

Recorded tracks:

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Opening Hymn: The First Nowell vs. 1, 3, 5, 6 (Anonymous)

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●  Lesson 1: Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a (Madison Day)
●  Lesson 2: Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 (Madison Day)
●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Post-Homily Hymn: Lully, Lullay (Anonymous 16th century)

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●  Hymn before Prayer of St. Chrysostom: He Shall Feed His Flock from Handel's “Messiah”

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●  Final Hymn: The Work of Christmas (Lyrics by Howard Thurman, Music by Dan Forrest)

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    "The Work of Christmas" Lyrics:
        When the song of the angels is stilled,
        When the star in the sky is gone,
        When the kings and princes are home,
        When the shepherds are back with their flock,
        The work of Christmas begins:

        To find the lost,
        To heal the broken,
        To feed the hungry,
        To release the prisoner,
        To rebuild the nations,
        To bring peace among brothers,
        To make music from the heart.

●  Postlude: Come Christian Folk (J.S. Bach)

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Print Files

• Service Booklet
• Hymns Sheet

Link to the Weekly News (The page includes links for the Sunday Service Booklet and the hymn sheet.)

The 2020 Christmas Day Morning Prayer Service

The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 12-25-2020 in St. Mark's Chapel.

Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard (piano, organ). Unfortunately, excessive clipping on all the music tracks resulted in intolerable levels of distortion.

Recorded tracks:

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Lesson 1: Isaiah 9:2-7 (Madison Day

●  Lesson 2: Luke 2:1-14(15-20) (Madison Day

●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

Episcopal Church in CT Virtual Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols
Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020 from 10:00 - 11:30 AM
Filmed around Connecticut, the ECCT-wide Virtual Festival of Christmas Lessons and Carols with Spiritual Communion  service will feature lectors, lay participants, clergy, and musicians from across the Episcopal Church in CT

Check this link to get the service booklet and access the service: Christmas 2020

The audio for St. Mark's Chapel's 9AM Sunday Morning Prayer Service on 12-20-20. The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast. Included is the accompanying service booklet.

Recorded tracks: 

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Lesson 1: 2 Samuel 7:1-11,16 (Sue Gagnon)
●  Lesson 2: Luke 1:26-38 (Sue Gagnon)
●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
●  Opening Hymn: Savior of the Nations Come 
●  The Psalm Appointed: Canticle of the Turning

Print Files
 ▪ Service Booklet for 4th Sunday of Advent
 ▪ Hymn Booklet for 4th Sunday of Advent

The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 12-13-2020 in St. Mark's Chapel. Included is the accompanying service booklet and hymn lyrics page.

Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Recorded tracks:

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Lesson 1: Isaiah 61:1-4,8-11 (David Sykes)

●  Lesson 2: John 1:6-8,19-28 (David Sykes)

●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Opening Hymn: Blest Be the King Whose Coming Is in the Name of God

●  Post-Homily: Muchos resplandores (Many are the light beams)

●  Hymn before A Prayer of St. Chrysostom: O come, O come, Emmanuel

●  Final Hymn: Arise, Shine, For Your Light Has Come (Allen Pote)

Print Files
▪    Service Booklet for 3rd Sunday of Advent
       
▪    Hymn Booklet for 3rd Sunday of Advent

The video of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 12-13-2020 in the St. Mark's Chapel sanctuary. Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic the church has no congregation present.

Music Director Charles Houmard played organ. UConn student Angela Garcia-Clark sang.

• Video Recording of the entire service:
• Service Booklet
• Hymns Booklet

Here's the link for the Mid-Week Announcements. There will be none Friday or next week.

The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM Sunday morning prayer service on 12-06-2020 in St. Mark's Chapel.

Because of restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic there was no Communion, thus the prayer service rather than the usual Eucharistic Service using Rite II. Links for the printable copies of the service booklet and hymn booklet are located below the links for the recordings.

Recorded tracks:

●  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Lesson 1: Isaiah 40:1-11 (David Sykes)

●  Lesson 2: Mark 1:1-8 (David Sykes)

●  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

●  Opening Hymn: The King of Love My Shepherd Is

●  Post-Homily: Deep River arr. Burleigh

●  Hymn before A Prayer of St. Chrysostom: O come, O come, Emmanuel

●  Final Hymn: On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry

Here's the link to the Weekly Announcements for Dec. 4, 2020:
https://mailchi.mp/6c4db35cada5/weekly-announcements-november-13th-7104897?e=ed78b9badf

The booklets for the Sunday, Nov. 6 morning prayer service:
The Service Booklet
The Hymns Booklet

(Please accept my apology for the delay in posting these recordings. I'm plagued by occasional lower back pain, and Sunday night it went full-blown. I've pretty much confined myself to a recliner, so I haven't been able to spend much time working on the recordings.)

Here are links to the iPhone video of the broadcast Facebook Live video of the 9 AM and to the audio of Rev. Brian's opening greeting and announcements and his homily. These audio clips were extracted from the iPhone recording of the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s with  9 AM morning prayer service. I was unable to include the readings due to the extreme distortion of the sound. Music was provided by Angela Garcia-Clark (singer) and Charles Houmard piano, organ). Included is the accompanying service booklet.
The Recordings:
--  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)
— Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)
— The Video of the Service
--  Service Booklet:
--  Hymn Booklet:

The Weekly Announcements. The page will open in a new browser tab or window.

The audio was extracted from the Facebook Live video broadcast of Rev. Brian’s 9 AM morning prayer service on 11-22-2020 in St. Mark's Chapel.

Included is the accompanying service and hymn booklets.

Recorded tracks:

—  Greeting, Announcements (Rev. Brian Blayer)

—  Lesson 1: Ezekiel 34:11-16,20-24 (Peter Kosciusko)

—  Lesson 2: Matthew 25:31-46 (Peter Kosciusko)

—  Homily (Rev. Brian Blayer)

—  Service Booklet

—  Hymn Booklet

The News of the Week for 11-20-2020. This will open in a new browser window or tab.